San Diego State added a third standout to its 2014 recruiting class, getting a commitment from Malik Pope, a 6-8, 175-pound small forward prospect ranked No. 27 in 247Sports' Class of 2014.

Pope, from Laguna Creek High in Elk Grove, Calif. by way of Sacramento, joins local SG prospect Trey Kell (St. Augustine High in San Diego) and PG Kevin Zabo (Brewster Academy in New Hampshire) as Aztecs commits. The Aztecs' pickup of Pope moved the team up to No. 10 in 247 Sports' 2014 team rankings.

"I'm expecting us to be really good," Pope told the newspaper. "I'm setting the bar really high for the future."

Pope is the second player ranked in the top 25 nationally that the Aztecs have secured in the past three years (Winston Shepard is the other), and his commitment follows a Sacramento pipeline established at SDSU, with Chase Tapley and Xavier Thames among the others.

Pope broke a leg this past February, then broke the same leg last month, which scared some teams from recruiting him, he said. In fact, the injury may keep him from playing high school hoops as a senior this season. But Pope says his injury didn't deter SDSU from pursuing him, unlike some other schools.

"I trusted the (SDSU) coaches." Pope told the San Diego Union-Tribune. "It's just a different feeling there, rather than a place where it's just basketball. Say a player gets injured. A school like San Diego State doesn't just drop the ball and recruit another player. They try to get their family member back in the game."